The world is an odd place at the moment. We all know it and it's strange to say that I think we are all slowly getting used to it. I've spent the past two months trying desperately not to talk about it, write about it or even read about it. I've spent a lot of … Continue reading Blog #15 – A Readers Guide to Restless Times
'Late last night and the night before, tommyknockers, tommyknockers knocking on my door. I wanna go out, don't know if I can 'cuz I'm so afraid of the tommyknocker man.' - Stephen King, The Tommyknockers I am a big fan of Stephen King's work. I read the Bill Hodges trilogy and loved it, followed that up with The … Continue reading Review – The Tommyknockers, Stephen King ★★☆☆☆
For the past few months I've been living in fear of the idea that John Scalzi wouldn't know how to close out his Interdependency trilogy. This series has been my first experience of his writing and I can now say that my fears were way off! The Last Emperox is like a great dessert at the end … Continue reading Review – The Last Emperox, John Scalzi ★★★★☆
For a long time now my Dad has been suggesting The Foundation trilogy to me. It's been so long in fact that I feel like I've grown up with the promise of how good a story this is and now that I have finally read it all, I can safely say that Asimov lives up … Continue reading Review – The Foundation Trilogy, Isaac Asimov ★★★★★
Prior to New York 2140, the only other work by Kim Stanley Robinson I had read was Red Mars, the first in his Mars trilogy. Now that I have followed that up with New York 2140 though, I don't know why I have avoided his books for so long! In fact, that could be misleading as I haven't … Continue reading Review – New York 2140, Kim Stanley Robinson ★★★★☆
Looking at the tomes that make up the seven book series (plus a novella) that is The Dark Tower, there is no doubt that it's a daunting prospect even to avid fans of Stephen King. I've always thought that this seems kind of appropriate given what the tower actually is in the books themselves. It … Continue reading Review – The Dark Tower, Stephen King ★★★★☆
I will never get tired of reading these stories. It feels like I read Bradbury's science fiction in sepia tone and each story is accompanied by a wave of nostalgia. Some are hopeful and simply short, elegant and beautiful, but others have the ability to set you on edge and make you ask real questions … Continue reading Review – The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury ★★★★★
I feel like I should be apologising for not having read Mistborn sooner. Sanderson seems to have become the big influence in the modern sff field and he is an author who has been on my radar for a long time. I was never put off by the hype around his work and always thought that … Continue reading Review – Mistborn, Brandon Sanderson ★★★★★
There's something charming about this book. It's a blissful bit of escapism as Holden breaks free of his regular routine for a few days to simply experience something else. He's waiting for the day his parents expect him back home but the few days in between seem to last a lifetime. Holden Caulfield is a … Continue reading Review – The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger ★★★★★
Full disclosure: this is one of my favourite books! I studied Never Let Me Go at school for my A levels and felt as though I came out of every lesson liking it a little bit more. When I first read it, I wasn't convinced. I didn't quite see the point to the whole story … Continue reading Review – Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro ★★★★★
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